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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
WE HAVE DATES! We are delighted to confirm that TriCon Halifax will be returning in 2027! May 21-23 2027 at the NSCAD Port Campus. And TODAY ONLY we are taking EARLY-Early bird weekend pass registrations at the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair!
A red and yellow card reads "We're Back!" with TriCon brand and dates.
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 01/10/2026
Tomorrow night at @eveninghouse.bsky.social, 7PM in Buffalo, NY, I’m really excited to be hosting @adamvoith.bsky.social of @littleengines.bsky.social AND @ljabouttown.bsky.social. All three of us will be reading as part of Adam’s book tour. gonna be a really fun night of literature. Come out!
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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our last submission window of 2026 is now open through October 14. Send us your solarpunk short stories, poems, essays, and art!! Sub guidelines and link at solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions
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David Reader 🐳📚🐦 @thepaleusher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
KATHARINA My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, Or else my heart concealing it will break; And rather than it shall, I will be free Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words. #TheShrew2026 Act IV s3 (77-80)
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day. As we reflect on the history and ongoing legacy of colonialism and the residential school system, and in support of the journey toward reconciliation, we would like to highlight a few of the Indigenous literature titles (1/8)
A collage of book cover thumbnails against an abstract orange background. Small footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp [dot] com, and in the top-right of the background is their logo mark (a circle with an off-centre jagged cross cut through) in semi-transparent orange. The books featured are as follows: “The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded” by Gord Hill; “Tsqelmucwílc” by Celia Haig-Brown, Randy Fred, Garry Gottfriedson, and the KIRS Survivors; “Finding Otipemisiwak” by Andrea Currie; “Buffalo Is the New Buffalo” by Chelsea Vowel; “a body more tolerable” by jaye simpson; and “Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat as One” by Willie Poll, illustrated by Chief Lady Bird.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried
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David Reader 🐳📚🐦 @thepaleusher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What a consternation of soul was mine that dreary afternoon! How all my brain was in tumult, and all my heart in insurrection! #brontefest Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre
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Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sharing a poem I haven't ever shared before... 🫀 It is from my collection Heart Muscle which won the Hedgehog Press Crimson Spine Competition for best pamphlet last October. It is called Intersectional Dining. #families #contrasts #blacksheep #power #powerlessness
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westofcanon @westofcanon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Throw back to the lovely sci fi writing awards meeting where (and I cannot overstate people were lovely) but BOTH west and I had to show up because ppl didn’t believe we were real at first #hermitlife #emilydickinsoncouldnever
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westofcanon @westofcanon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🍂 weather has been 🫖 🍵 for writing please rec me any gothic and/or horror adjacent reads for the coming months 🔮🥰🖤
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Oh, drat,” said Toad.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Enkidu, Gilgamesh's friend. Ur, Iraq, 2027–1763 BC, Iraq Museum. #Babylonian
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Old man of oceans! of all this fiery life of thine, what will at length remain but one little heap of ashes!
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Your windows need scrubbing,” said Frog. “Your plants need watering.” “Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”
Frog, ever the know-it-all, points out all the shortcomings of Toad's housekeeping. It is true, though, that Toad's house is a mighty mess, including a pile of dirty dishes in the sink.

From "Tomorrow"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“There,” said Toad. “Now I feel better. I am not in the dumps anymore.”
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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Listen to @lillydancyger.bsky.social as she narrates her #memoir NEGATIVE SPACE on #audible today! amzn.to/3t0GgPk
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 20/09/2026
On the ferry back home to Vancouver Island :)
Sunset over ocean
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Nemi 📚🎶 @nemi.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
KATHERINA I must dance barefoot on her wedding-day, And for your love to her lead apes in hell.  #TheShrew2026 II,1,33-34
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David Reader 🐳📚🐦 @thepaleusher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We want to transcend, we want to pass beyond the limits of safe understanding, and what better way to do it than through make-believe. #SundaySentence Don DeLillo / Falling Man
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Frog pulled Toad up onto the island. Toad looked in the basket. The sandwiches were wet. The pitcher of iced tea was empty.
Toad, dripping wet with river water, laments that his picnic basket is full of water

From "Alone"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If I had been downright honest with myself, I would have seen very plainly in my heart
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
amid the whirl of woe he feels, a deep stupor steals over him, as over the man who bleeds to death
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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This one is very good
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David Reader 🐳📚🐦 @thepaleusher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
TRANIO I pray, sir, tell me, is it possible That love should of a sudden take such hold? LUCENTIO O Tranio, till I found it to be true, I never thought it possible or likely; #TheShrew2026 Act I s1 (138-141)
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Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Let's hope that more people decide to invest in small press publishing this way. This is lovely news for Melville House: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
publishersweekly.com
Melville House to ‘Recapitalize’ with New Partner
Illuminating Media, publisher of the online newspaper CT Examiner and literary journal Majuscule, has become a 50-50 partner with Melville House founders Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians.
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Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We've some great new pieces up at House Style, including this fabulous list of books to get excited about from Natasha Ramoutar: www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/7-books... Remember House Style is free, but you do need to sign up to access the articles!
wolsakandwynn.ca
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A racoon came out from behind a tree. “I heard that you were looking for a button,” he said. “Here is one that I just found.” “That is not my button!” wailed Toad.
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 16/09/2026
Today I am imagining a friendlier and more loving world 🧡 💚
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On life and death this old man walked.
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CelticStoic(Dan) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @celticstoic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#MelvilleMonday "Delight is to him—a far, far upward, and inward delight—who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self." Moby-Dick, Ch. 9
• Quote from:  Herman Melville's  "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" c. 1851.
• Source: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1983, New York, N.Y.  Fourteenth Printing, The Library of America.The quote is spoken by Father Mapple at the Whaleman's Chapel, New Bedford, Massachusetts.  The topic of his sermon is Jonah and the whale.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So man’s insanity is heaven’s sense
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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s officially swallowtail caterpillar season in my parsley
Green white and black striped swallowtail caterpillar munching on parsley Green white and black striped swallowtail caterpillar munching on parsley
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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 11/09/2026
Will always cherish stories that suggest more than they dramatize. A dream is a figment of thought that purifies the mind and abides no laws and so too is a story
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westofcanon @westofcanon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In a shocking turn of events, beloved film with 27% rotten tomato score gets bad rating for sequel 🔮✨🌙
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Frog closed his eyes when Toad came out from behind the rocks. Toad was wearing. “Don’t peek,” he said.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ere this, you must have plainly seen the truth of what I started with
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They think me mad
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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I devoured this unique blend of theory/memoir. Check out THE FRENCHMAN: OR, MY LIFE IN THEORY by Emily Eakin
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Evening House Books @eveninghouse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hey if you’ve had website issues today being sweet and placing an order, we’re so sorry 😞 Wordpress is giving us grief and Amanda’s been on the way back home today so it’s just been John holding down the fort today. We’ll be at this soon as we can 🤘
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Leave them alone for a few days. Let the sun shine on them, let the rain fall on them. Soon your seeds will start to grow.”
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
with a lantern we might descend into the great Kentucky Mammoth Cave of his stomach
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Evening House Books @eveninghouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Good news and bad news! Good news: We’re running a hardcover sale bc we don’t like doing returns and we choose books v carefully so we know these are excellent Bad news: We had a break in this week with hundreds of dollars of items stolen and could use some help recouping the loss
DISCOUNT
HARDCOVERS 25% IN-STORE AND ONLINE

Evening Hause
BaksUNFUN NEWS:
WE HAVE HAD A BREAK-IN OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE PERSON TOOK HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF TAROT DECKS, A CUSTOMER'S SPECIAL ORDER (DRANK SOME OF OUR WINE??), BROKE SOME THINGS BEHIND THE DESK AND MORE. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS.
WE'RE AN EXTREMELY SMALL NEW BUSINESS, RUN BY JUST THE TWO OF US, WITH NO SAVINGS OR DEEP POCKETS. JUST A SLOW BUILD UP MADE POSSIBLE BY CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST YEAR AND CHANGE.
EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STOCK ON OUR SHELVES HAS BEEN A GAMBLE, AND IT'S HARD NOT TO FEEL DISCOURAGED BY THIS, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL MORE WASN'T TAKEN OR DAMAGED AND EVERYONE IS IN GOOD HEALTH.
IF YOU DON'T MIND A REQUEST, WE'LL MAKE THE ASK:
IF YOU CAN SHOP WITH US THIS WEEK, WE'D GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING SO. WE LOVE RUNNING THIS SHOP AND MAKING A SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND ENGAGE WITH ART AND CULTURE DOWNTOWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
- JOHN & AMANDA
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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 08/09/2026
Here’s our post about this and also our hardcover sale What a fun day 😮‍💨
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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🔆 An other-worldly and heatbreaking interpretation of the Hyacinthus and Apollo myth by Luna Goldstein 🔗 Read Issue 11 now at aothenmagazine.com/#issue11 #classics #youngcreatives #mythology
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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tomorrow’s essay is from a Bram Stoker Award winner, and it tackles JAWS (1975). #horrorsky #filmsky
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
Frog is all bundled up on a bright snowy winter day, knocking on Toad's door.

From "Down the Hill"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“How soon?” asked Toad. “Quite soon,” said Frog.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Frog and Toad happily tromp through the woods.

From "Down the Hill"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*
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